Trump administration pushes to sell oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge before Biden inauguration
Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling has been one of Trump's top priorities in the region.
The Trump Administration will take key steps to finalize a sale of oil drilling leases in the sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska just before Democrat Joseph Biden, who opposes drilling there, becomes president, a government spokeswoman said on Friday.
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